The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-07
north and blooming south all kindly beasts


dwell, they choose the growing bear; and
In the worlds heraldry favorite figure is
the dragon, which is winged serpent, fe-
rocious and deathful And so fond is the
world of contention that we climb out
through the heavens and baptizc one of
the other planets with the spirit of battle
and call il Mars, after the god of war; and
give 10 the eighth sign OF the zodiac the
name OF the scorpion, a creature which is
chiefly celebrated for its deadly sting. But,
after all, these symbols are expressive OF
the way nation feels toward nation. Dis
cord wide as the continent and bridging
be seas. ] suppose you have noticed how
warmly in love dry goods stores are with
other dry goods stores, and how highly
grocerylncn think OF the sugars of the gro
reryinen on the same block. And in what
peulogistic way ailopathic and homeopath-
ic doctors speak of each other and how
ministers will sometimes put ministers on
That beautiful cooking instrument which
The English call spit, an iron roller with
spikes on IT, and turned by crank before
hot fire, and then, il the minister being
roasted cries out against il, the men who
are turning him say: Hush, brother; we
are turning this spit for the glory OF God
and the good of your soul, and you must
be quiet while we close the service with
"'Blcst be the tie that binds
Our heart In christian love-
"Thc earth is diametercd and circum-
ierenced with discord and the music that
was rendered AT the laying OF the worlds
cornerstone, when the morning stars
sang together is not heard now; and
though Hero and there, from this and that
part of society and from this and that
part Of the earth, there comes up thrill
ing solo OF love, or warblc Of worship or
sweet duet Of patience, they are drowned
out by dscord that shakes the earth
paul saws The whole creation groan-
eth, and while the nightingale and the
woodlark, and the canary, and the plovcr
sometimes sing 20 sweotly that their notes
have been written out in musical nOta-
ton, and II il found that tho cuckoo sings
in the key Of d. and that the cormorant is
basso in the winged choir, yet sports
mems gun and the autumnal blast often
leave them RULED and bleeding, or dead,
in meadow or forest. Paul was right, for
the groan in natup drU WINS out the prima
donnas Of the sky.
'Tartini, the great musical composer,
dreamed one night that he made u con-
tact with satan, the latter TO be ever in
the composers service. But one night he
handed Ia satan a violin, on which Dia-
bolus played such sweet music that the
composer was awakened by the emotion
and tried 20 reproduce the sounds, aud
therelrom was written Tartinis most
famous piece, entitled the Devils
Sonata, a dream ingenious but faulty,
for all melody dcscends from heaven, and
only discords ascend from hell All
hatrcds, ieuds, controversies, backbitings
aud roiengcs are the devils sonata, are
diabolic hgue, are dcmoniac phnntasy,
are grand march Of doom, are allegro OF
perdition,
''But II in this world things In general
arr out ul time tO our frnil cars, how much
more ~ Ia ears angelic and dciiic. II takes
skilled artist 10 fully appreciate disagree
ment ~ siilnd. Many have no capacity 10
detect defect Of musical execution, and
though there were In ono bar M many
ofiens's against harmony M could crowd
In between the lower 4 II the bass and -,
higher Of the sopnno, II would give
them no discomfort while on the forehead
of the educated artist beads Of pcSpim.
ton would stand out M n result at tho
baruA iltp dissonanu. While an amateur
was performing on piano and had lust
struck the wrong chord, John Sebastian
bach, the immortal composer, entered the
room, and the amateur rose la emhafrnH,s.
mcnt, and bach rushed past the host, who
etrpped forward to grOct him, aud before
the kry,bnsfh had stopped vibrating pu,
his adroi hand upon the koys and changed
the painful inharmony into glorious
cadcnoe. Ih1n Bach turned aud gave
salutation Ia the host who had invited
him.
''But the worst Of all discorls Ia moral
discorl II society and the world are
painfully discorlant Ia imperfect man.
what purt they ~ " perfect GOd7 Pco.
pie try 10 define what sin is II seems 60
me uhatsin ~ getting ont oi harmony with
God; n disagreement with his holiness.
with his purity, with his love, with his
commands, our will clashing with his will,
the Unite dashing against the infinite, the
irail against the puiSsant, the created
against the creator. II a thousand must
cians, With flute aud curnct-a piston and
trumpet and violincello and hautbois aud
Trombone. and all the wind and slringcd
instruments that ever gathered IN Dussel.
don jubilee, should resolve that they
would play ont Of tune aud put concord 10
the nrk, and make the place wild with
shricking aud grating aud msping sounds,
they would not make such pandcmunium
As that which ngs IN u sinful soul when
God listens 20 the play Of IL thoughts,
passions and emotions discurl, lifelong
discord, maddcning disrord. The world
pays more for discurd than Il does for con.
sonancc, High prices have been
phu lot music. One man gave s?3j 10
hear the swedish songsinrs in New York,
and another SOS a. hear her In Boston,
anh annihrt $3.50 10 hear her In provi.
aehce' Fabulous prices have been paid
mr sweet sounds, but Ear moro has been
pad lof di~cord. The Crmran war oust
N,'Vn,bluJO, and our American civil
Nm over y, 800 OO0,OOO, and the war debts
OF pruicsed christian nations are about
slo,WO,Oo'O0. The world PAYS for this
red uckct, which admits II 10 the saiur-
haiia OF broken bones, and death ngonics,
Mhl DESTROYED cities, and plowcd graves,
NV crushed hearts, any amount oi money
saian nsks bscord discordl
=. bni have 10 tell YOU that the song
uiai uhe morning sian sang together at the
laying 81 the Worlds corner. Stone l. 40 i.
Resumed again. Mozart gratcst overture
wa. composed one night when he was sew
eral umca ovcrTowcrcd with sleep. and ar.
usn Say they can tel the places In the
music where he was falling asleep and tho
plAocs who're he awakened. ~ the over.
ture OF The morning stars, spoken " In
my text, has been asleep. but Il will
awaken and Ice m"p' grndly rendered Low
The evening slars u the worlds cSis,rn,.,
uhan ny the morning stars. aud the ycs.
PEN viii hc swccicr than the mathis. The
WORK OF all good men and women, aud of
All good churches and all reform associn.
hons, y 10 bring the moc hack 10 the orig.
inal harmony. The cbcllioua heart tu hc
aitnncd, social lie 10 h. atiuned, CONNER.
cial ethics 20 be attuncd Internationally